After more than ten years devoted to video games and the people who make them, Joystiq is closing its doors. We won't be reporting on the best games of 2015, so join us for one last hurrah as the Joystiq family reveals their Games of a Lifetime. Hun...

The Ultimate Action Triple Pack and Ultimate Stealth Triple Pack from Square Enix will launch for Xbox 360 and PS3 in North America on March 31, a spokesperson confirmed to Joystiq today. The Ultimate Action Triple Pack includes Tomb Raider, Sleeping...

In Life is Strange you don't need a Cher button to turn back time. The $5 first episode of the teen drama is available now on Steam, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and it's on the way to PS4 and PS3 later today. For more on Dontnod's new joint, make some time f...

Yes, this Conan O'Brien "Clueless Gamer" bit features Mortal Kombat X (which, by the by, Ermac was just confirmed for). More importantly, we now know that sportsballer-of-few-words Marshawn Lynch likes to play Toad in Mario Kart, while Rob Gronkowski...

Hoping to both stress test its servers and drum up an extra bit of pre-release hype, publisher EA has announced plans for a five-day beta test of its imminent cops versus robbers shooter Battlefield Hardline scheduled to begin on February 3. "There's...

Heartstrings-tugger Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is one of three Games with Gold freebies for Xbox Live Gold subscribers next month. On Xbox 360 you can grab the Joystiq Top 10 of 2013 puzzle-platformer for zero centage between February 1-14. Then, a...

Warner Bros. has announced a 4th September release date for Avalanche Studios' Mad Max in the UK.That date applies to the game's PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions.There's no mention at all of the previously-announced PS3 and Xbox 360 editions, ...

Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain launches worldwide on 1st September 2015, it's been revealed.Publisher Konami had planned an official announcement tomorrow (there's even a countdown on the Metal Gear Solid website pointing to 2pm UK time on 4th ...

The Trigger, the fifth downloadable add-on for Creative Assembly's stealth horror Alien: Isolation, launches today.It includes three new maps for use in classic Survivor mode, and new playable character Ricardo, Sevastopol Station's Deputy Marshall.I...

Battlefield 4's long-awaited Winter Patch rolls out today.Reports indicate it weighs in at 1.34GB on Xbox One.The Winter Patch is designed to improve netcode and soldier collision, as well as tweak the Squad Obliteration game mode so it becomes the l...

Xbox 360 owners can now grab the free Xbox One titles given away each month as part of Games with Gold directly from the last-gen console.The new option, nestled within the Xbox 360's Games with Gold section, allows users to build up a library of Xbo...

Frontier has been quietly cornering the market in theme park builders of late, with the likes of Coaster Crazy and Thrillville: Off The Rails - not forgetting, of course, the evergreen Rollercoaster Tycoon 3. Screamride, however, has the fingerprints...

I really have no idea where David finds these games. In fact, worries me that he finds it appealing. All I know is that Jarred got roped in to play some weird form of Pole Vaulting game with him and chances are good Jarred will never be the same agai...

Who wants a free game? Wait, who doesn’t want a free game? Cluster is a race against time, a speedy, noisy game that involves you controlling a little spaceship. Your ship, reminiscent of that doomed vessel in Asteroids, has no guns but can ba...

Believe it or not, but older games were, contrary to popular believe, much shorter than the experiences we generally get with modern games today. Yes, something like the The Order 1886 might be the exception, but generally games just come with...

We understand that not everyone has moved over to the current generation yet as it’s generally an expensive affair. For those trapped with last gen consoles and who plan to buy an Xbox One, when upgrading from the Xbox 360, there’s some g...

6 years ago we were all introduced to Afro Samurai. A samurai with a blood thirst for decapitations… and teddy bears. Anime fans would have been well aware of his existence and Samuel L. Jackson voiced Afro in the game. It never received massiv...

I have to admit, I have not yet played Trine 2 (or Trine 1 for that matter) despite owning it on multiple platforms. It’s a game that always appeals to me and because I can just see how much I will enjoy it I continuously put off playing it for...